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Two U.S. Soldiers Killed in Separate Attacks in Iraq
Aired July 07, 2003 - 06:03 ET
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KRIS OSBORN, CNN ANCHOR: In Iraq, there have been two new deadly attacks against U.S. soldiers.
For more, let's check in with CNN's Baghdad bureau chief, Jane Arraf.
Good morning -- Jane.
JANE ARRAF, CNN BAGHDAD BUREAU CHIEF: Good morning, Kris.
It's getting to be almost alarmingly routine, this daily roll call of U.S. and Iraqi casualties. Now, word of this comes just as the Baghdad city council is scheduled to meet just a little while from now in its very first session on what officials are calling a historic step on the road to democracy.
But overnight, two more U.S. soldiers were killed, one of them in a main Sunni neighborhood in Baghdad in a shootout with suspected attackers, suspected ambushers. One Iraqi was killed in that attack. Another U.S. soldier also with the 1st Infantry Division killed in another incident in an adjoining neighborhood in Baghdad very early this morning, an indication that these attacks are just not letting up.
Nor are they in the town of Ramadi, which is an unsettled area west of Baghdad, the scene of a bomb attack on Iraqi police, confirmation that four U.S. soldiers were wounded in an attack by rocket-propelled grenades overnight on that one, an indication also that the city is far from settled -- Kris.
OSBORN: Some of the senators who recently spent time over there are now speaking up about some of their observations. Among them Senator Rockefeller, saying a lot of these attacks appear to be more frequent and also more coordinated. What are you hearing about that?
ARRAF: It's really hard to tell about the level of coordination. Certainly it's indisputable that they are becoming bolder. We're seeing incidents of people walking up to soldiers, walking up to, in one case, a journalist, shooting them in the head. A wide variety of incidents, a wide variety of methods and something very difficult to combat -- Kris.
OSBORN: Without question. Thank you very much -- CNN's Baghdad bureau chief, Jane Arraf.
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Aired July 7, 2003 - 06:03 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KRIS OSBORN, CNN ANCHOR: In Iraq, there have been two new deadly attacks against U.S. soldiers.
For more, let's check in with CNN's Baghdad bureau chief, Jane Arraf.
Good morning -- Jane.
JANE ARRAF, CNN BAGHDAD BUREAU CHIEF: Good morning, Kris.
It's getting to be almost alarmingly routine, this daily roll call of U.S. and Iraqi casualties. Now, word of this comes just as the Baghdad city council is scheduled to meet just a little while from now in its very first session on what officials are calling a historic step on the road to democracy.
But overnight, two more U.S. soldiers were killed, one of them in a main Sunni neighborhood in Baghdad in a shootout with suspected attackers, suspected ambushers. One Iraqi was killed in that attack. Another U.S. soldier also with the 1st Infantry Division killed in another incident in an adjoining neighborhood in Baghdad very early this morning, an indication that these attacks are just not letting up.
Nor are they in the town of Ramadi, which is an unsettled area west of Baghdad, the scene of a bomb attack on Iraqi police, confirmation that four U.S. soldiers were wounded in an attack by rocket-propelled grenades overnight on that one, an indication also that the city is far from settled -- Kris.
OSBORN: Some of the senators who recently spent time over there are now speaking up about some of their observations. Among them Senator Rockefeller, saying a lot of these attacks appear to be more frequent and also more coordinated. What are you hearing about that?
ARRAF: It's really hard to tell about the level of coordination. Certainly it's indisputable that they are becoming bolder. We're seeing incidents of people walking up to soldiers, walking up to, in one case, a journalist, shooting them in the head. A wide variety of incidents, a wide variety of methods and something very difficult to combat -- Kris.
OSBORN: Without question. Thank you very much -- CNN's Baghdad bureau chief, Jane Arraf.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.
